Wow...

That's all I have to say. Wow. It's been over a month! I'm really sorry guys...

OK. So this is the situation: We finished moving into our nice little home filled with sawdust and tools and concrete flooring. I have nothing against this at all other than the spiders. All of our stuff is in our new house, but the house is not finished yet. We're still working on it. (Painting, installing flooring, laying out carpet, building closets, fixing the stairs... Not in that order though.) So, add in school and homework and it gets pretty hectic. 0.o
So, that's my situation. We just had Internet installed today and I was rejoicing earlier because of it. I haven't had Internet in quite a while.

So! That's about all I can tell right now other than I haven't found much time for reading lately.

Thanks to Stella (again) for posting for me a while back!

(Off topic: If anyone knows anything about E-bay, please tell me in a comment. I'm kind of curious.)

From the Archives

Hey there, Unlimited Random readers! I, Stella, have hijacked my dear friend Joy's blog to bring you some Randomness from the archives.

As you know from the previous post, Joy's a little busy right now, so I thought I'd help a little by posting for her.

And now, I present: From the Archives

"Did he just say something about a leprechaun?"
"No... he said 'eggroll'"

I guess you had to be there...

It is unacceptable to read Tolkien in anything but a British accent.

To solve a problem, sometimes all it takes is just to smack your head on the keyboard. Though, I would not advise that method...

Side affects include: headache, nausea, indigestion, upset stomach, bloody nose, black eyes, and in rare occasions, insanity.

Thanks for joining me for From the Archives.

All moved and... well, not quite.

Hello! So I am mostly where I am supposed to be right now. The problem at hand now is that we are renovating the house I'm going to be living in. Renovating is a lot of work. On top of all that, school for me will be starting in the upcoming week.
"Yes, yes, this is all well and good, but what about the book?" Well, right now I'm looking at the books. As I have said before, I will tell everyone when I have chosen a book. Thank you all for waiting and reading all my completely random posts that are not as scheduled as I had hoped! :)
Well, things need to be done today, so that's all for now. Ciao!

Traveling for the time being

Hello all.
Well, as I have finished Sarah's Garden, I should be getting a new book from my friend Book Sneeze. The fact is that I may not get another book for a week or two. You see, I am moving my place of residence, and I have refrained from getting a new book because I don't want it to go to the wrong address. When I decide to get a book I will tell you.
In the meantime, I will be writing. I have many stories that I have started and intend to finish. One of which is a short story that I have been rewriting lately. I will keep anyone who's interested updated with weekly (or semi weekly depending) posts.
Thank you for reading all my random posts because, you know, this is Unlimited Random.

Sarah's Garden

Sarah's Garden
by Kelly Long

Sarah King lives in an Amish community in Pine Creek, Pennsylvania. Here she lives among her Mamm, her father, and her three unmarried older brothers. The story begins at the table on the King Farm where Sarah's family has gathered for the evening meal. At grace, her father brings good news that Chelsea, her older sister, is with child! Everyone is excited, and Sarah is asked to make a quilt for the child and also run the family's roadside stand in Chelsea's place. Shy Sarah reluctantly agrees.
Around the time that Sarah begins to work at the stand, a new neighbor moves into the Fisher farm across the way from the Kings. He is an Englischer, and also a veterinarian. Grant Williams hopes that he will be accepted into this Amish community because all his life he has felt the urge to serve the Amish people just as his father had.
On her first day at the roadside stand, Sarah met Grant. After that, they met frequently. As their friendship grew, Grant realizes that he loves Sarah, but his love will never work because he is an Englischer and Sarah is Amish. At Christmas time, Sarah realizes that she loves Grant as well and goes to tell him, but he stops her because their love will cause much grief. Shortly after this, Grant leaves without a trace, even his house-keepers don't know where he has gone, and Sarah finds herself heartsick.
During this time of heartsickness, Sarah finds creativity in quilt making and painting. She also helps Mathew Fisher, who had been abused and hurt as a child, to find a way to make a new life for himself.
Sarah turns to Der Herr, the Lord, for wisdom and guidance when Grant is gone, and she finds great peace in telling Him all that she has held inside her. The Lord gives her peace on the day she begins another year working on the roadside stand again. Peace in more ways than one.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Sarah's Garden is very realistic. It seems like Kelly Long took real people and put them in her story. When I was reading, I felt like Sarah was one of my real friends. When they held a quilting, I felt like I was there with them, sitting around the quilt with it's iridescent patches, and listening to Chelsea's story. Kelly Long has done a very good job of writing this book. It shows how much effort was put into it in the research and language. I really enjoyed it!

Book from Book Sneeze.

It's here!

My book finally came! So be ready for a review sometime next week hopefully! Sorry this post is so short, gotta go read!

The book!

It's finally coming! From what I understand, UPS couldn't get into the apartment building that I live in, so I used a different address and I should get the book soon now! I'm excited, however I currently have a stack of books in my room that a friend lent me. I guess I'll have to read pretty fast then, won't I!

Little Women

Considering that I have not received my book for review yet, I have been reading other books. The one I have been reading today specifically is Little Women. I rather like the book. I always have found it rather interesting to read about how things were in the past. The book Little Women covers quite a substantial amount about how America used to be. It is a beautiful story that everyone should read, and I will leave you with that.

2'sday: When people change and mirrors

Thought #1: When people change...
People change. That is a fact of life. They can change physically, and also mentally. This week I spoke with a friend I haven't seen in over a year. She informed me that she has now reached 5 feet in height, but I always think of her as the little girl who was just above my waist in height! It's so strange how people can become so different given a little time. I've been reflecting on the past year recently. WOW, I've come a long way! The biggest change for me in the past year was moving across the country, but that's not the only change. If you look at how I was a year ago, you would find a confused little mouse, afraid to even stand in front of others. Now, I find myself the 'leader' of my group of friends (well, often times), I'm no longer afraid of what people think of my thoughts or beliefs, I can voice my opinion, and I speak in front of others (yay theater).Sometimes I wonder if change is bad, but then I realize that there is so much more and I shouldn't be afraid of change, I should embrace it.

Thought #2: Mirrors.
Mirrors can show you many things. They can show you how you look, how you feel, what others say about you, what you think of yourself, they are even used in literature and theatre and movies for special reasons. In Macbeth, a mirror shows many kings who are descendants of Banquo. But mirrors can only show you what you believe is there. There are times when I look in the mirror and I can only see blemishes, my mind doesn't even remind me of my eyes which bring me many compliments,or my hair which people always tell me is beautiful. A lot of people use so much makeup, but they don't realize that they are beautiful even without it. If others say you look stupid, or clownish, then that is all you will see (this has happened before, I'm sure to MANY people). The important thing to remember when you look in the mirror is that you are you, and that's just the way it should be. No one can choose what you see in the mirror except YOU.

Another 2'sday

Thought #1:How much of our lives do we actually spend acting?
...And not necessarily theatrical acting. I was thinking the other day of how I act around my friends and I realized that often times, I will put on a face for my friends. If I'm not really happy, I'll put on a face because I don't want my friends to worry. How many times do we do that in life...

Thought #2:I'm still trying to discover who I am...
...And that's OK! I think that the longer it takes for us as people to decide who we are and who we will become, the better! To be completely sure of yourself, you need time to develop who you are.

Well, they were short this week, maybe I'll have something better next week. (By the way, this is just my opinion so it's OK to disagree with anything I say.)

The wait.

It's been about two weeks sense I put my request in for a book from Book Sneeze, and I'm getting very worried actually... My book has not come yet. Without the book I don't know how I can review it! I'm sorry for the delay, but my book is not here yet and there is nothing I can do...

2'sday

I've decided to try this. I'm not entirely sure if it will work, but I can try. This is 2'sday, so here are my two thoughts.

Thought #1: We are like oranges.
I know this sounds strange, but please bear with me for a moment. This past week, I was at home a lot. I was just sitting, peeling an orange. I have trouble peeling oranges. they always get stuck to the rind or they tear or something. So I looked at the orange, and something clicked in my mind: we are like oranges. What I mean is that we are the yummy fruit of the orange and we are wrapped in sin, which is the rind. When God "peels" the "sin" off of us, we get stuck to it and often it's hard to separate us from that sin. We end up as a torn piece of fruit, but God will still love us anyways.

Thought #2: You can't change your past...
... But you can change (or at least influence) your future. I was thinking the other day about all the mistakes I've made and everything that I think has gone completely wrong. I told my brother what I was thinking and he said to me, "You know, you can't change that stuff. What you can do is change your future and make it what you want it to be." I thought about that for another day or so, and I've come to the conclusion that this life is what you make of it. You have to work hard and make your future something great, and knowing that is really important to me.

So, that's what I've got for you for this 2'sday. I hope these thoughts can affect you somehow. They sure have affected me.

it's NOT about ME

it's NOT about ME
by Michelle Sutton

Annie is a people-pleaser. She has lived all her life doing whatever someone told her to do simply because she wanted to please people. Because of this she rarely has troubles, so her life is pretty much picture perfect. However, one night, all of this changes. Annie's world is thrown entirely upside down and she must find what she's been missing her whole life. Annie must find what can heal her, as well as everyone around her, from the inside.


This book was actually difficult for me to read. A lot of action happened within the first 65 pages, and it continued throughout the book. Multiple times while reading, I found myself putting the book down so that my head could stop spinning. Michelle Sutton has captured how a person thinks and reacts to devastating events well. it's NOT about ME is a good book, but I would only recommend it to mature readers due to some of the content.

Book provided by the author.

Updates!

Good morning, or evening (depending), and hello from me. Now that that's out of the way...

I've requested my first book from Book Sneeze, and now all I have to do is wait... I don't necessarily like to wait. The book is Sarah's Garden by Kelly Long. I hope it gets here soon so I can read it and tell you all about it!!! ^-^

In the meantime, I finished the book it's NOT about ME, and some friends have (in a round-about way) forced me to review it, even though I'm not entirely sure... So that should come later in the week.

Well, that's all I have for now, so look out for a possible review later in the week and hope that I get my book! :D

Alright!

I just looked at my E-mail and lo-and-behold, BOOK SNEEZE ACCEPTED ME!!!

It's rather exciting to be accepted to review books. It's an honor in my opinion, but that's because I'm weird. :)

So, I will hopefully get my first book soon. In the meantime, I'm reading a book called it's NOT about ME by Michelle Sutton. I don't think I'll review it, but I'll read it as something to fill the space between now and when I get the first book to review!

Well, that's about all. I'm hoping that you'll hear from me soon!

Welcome to Unlimited Random!

As I said, welcome!

So, I'm trying to use this blog as motivation to read more because I have a friend who reviews books and I think that it's really cool. Hopefully I can spend more time reading this summer. So, if all goes as planned, I will be reviewing books here. I will also post randomness from time to time.